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Well System Proposal Pt 2
Fruit Grower Report
The Washington State Department of Health is proposing a new regulation for shared wells that could leave many farmworkers without affordable on-farm housing.
Well System Proposal Pt 1
Fruit Grower Report
The Washington State Department of Health is proposing a new regulation for shared wells that could leave many farmworkers without affordable on-farm housing.
Molecular Farming - Part One
Farm of the Future
ELO Life systems has developed a platform to enable what they call molecular farming.
Young Farmers on Farm Bill and World's First Seedless Blackberry
The Agribusiness Update
America’s young farmers and ranchers are counting on Congress to deliver a new, modernized farm bill, and Pairwise, a company specializing in genetics-based innovations for food and agriculture, has developed the world’s first seedless blackberry.
Young Farmers on Farm Bill and World's First Seedless Blackberry
The Agribusiness Update
America’s young farmers and ranchers are counting on Congress to deliver a new, modernized farm bill, and Pairwise, a company specializing in genetics-based innovations for food and agriculture, has developed the world’s first seedless blackberry.
The Food System Doesn't Change Without Proper Incentives
Farm of the Future
Food companies and other buyers of agricultural products may want to provide more transparency to consumers, but it's not realistic for that burden to all fall on the farmer.
Cyber Attacks in Ag
Washington State Farm Bureau Report
Cyberattacks are increasing at an alarming rate, including against industrial systems U.S. agriculture relies on.
Georgia Great Potato STEM Challenge and Farmland Demand Strong
The Agribusiness Update
Georgia students participating in the Great Potato STEM Challenge have a new understanding of how potatoes used for French fries grow, and the ag economy has faced some challenges during the past year while farmland values remain strong.
AFBF on Fuel and Energy Costs
Washington State Farm Bureau Report
Fuel and electricity prices are on the rise again amid declining farm income and the American Farm Bureau responds.
Farm Share of Food Dollars and Grocery Prices Hold Steady
The Agribusiness Update
In 2022, farms received 24.1 cents for each dollar spent on food at home and 3.6 cents for each dollar spent on food away from home, and grocery prices held steady in the February Consumer Price Index by the Department of Labor.
Paying Farmers For Ecosystem Services
Farm of the Future
Is there a future in paying farmers for more than just the commodities they produce?
Latest WASDE Report and US Pork Exports Value Record
The Agribusiness Update
The February World Agricultural Supply and Demand
Estimates shows the 2023-24 U.S. corn outlook calling for lower food, seed, and industrial use and larger ending stocks, and U.S. pork exports set a value record in 2023.
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Grant Dollars Available for Improving GA Food Infrastructure
Southeast Regional Ag News
Nonprofits, institutions, government entities, agriculture producers or processors, and for-profit businesses could all be considered.
U.S. Farmland and Foreign Ownership Pt 2
Washington State Farm Bureau Report
Protecting our nation’s farmlands from foreign adversaries is the idea behind a series of bills introduced by U.S. Representative Dan Newhouse.
USDA Funding for Florida and Net Cash Farm Income Down
The Agribusiness Update
The USDA is allocating more than $5 million to Florida as part of a nationwide effort to strengthen the country’s infrastructure for pest detection as well as the nursery system, and USDA’s Economic Research Service forecasts U.S. net cash farm income will decrease 25.8% in 2024.
U.S. Farmland and Foreign Ownership Pt 1
Washington State Farm Bureau Report
Protecting our nation’s farmlands from foreign adversaries is the idea behind a series of bills introduced by U.S. Representative Dan Newhouse.